disease

(diz-éz’) (Fr. dés neg. + atse ease]. 1. Any departure from a state of health: an illne ; more frequently the genus or kind of disturbance of health to which any particular case of sickne may be a igned. acute d., a disease charac: terized by a swift onset and short course. d., Adams-Stokes’ d., permanent bradycardia with attacks of syncope and _ epilepsy, due to arteriosclerosis of the basilar and vertebral arteries. Add is on’s d., a disease characterized by a bronze-like pigmentation of the skin, severe prostration, and progre ive anemia: it is due to tubercular disease of the suprarenal capsules, and usually ends fatally. Called also melasma suprarenale and bronzed skin. Albert’s d., achillobursitis. Alibert’s d., mycosis fungoides. Alzheimer’s d., a condition marked clinically by the symptoms of progre ive mental weakne and characterized pathologically by the presence of miliary plaques in the brain. Anders’ d., adiposis tuberosa simplex. angioasmodic d., a disease marked by spasms the various ve els of the body. anserine d., a disease marked by emaciation of the extremities, causing the hands and feet to resemble a goose’s feet. Aran-Duchenne’s d. Sce alrophy, progre ive muscular. a ociation d., myoclonus and epilepsy existing together. attic d., chronic suppugtive inflammation of the attic. Aufrecht's parenchymatous alterations in the liver and khitel in infectious jaundice. aviators’ d., a condition seen in aviators, marked by vasomotor disturbance, hypertension, headache, and drowsine . bad d., syphilis. Baelz’s d., a disease characterized by painle papules of the mucous membrane of the lips. Balfour’s d., chloroma or chlorosarcoma. Ballet’s d., ophthalmoplegia extern a. Ball in gal’s d., mycetoma. Bamberger’s d., saltatory spasm. Banti’s d., a form of splenic anemia attended with cirrhosis of the liver, hypertrophy of the spleen, and ascites. barcoo d., a disease occurring in the elevated parts of South Australia, marked by stomach disorder, bulimia, and an eruption which sometimes progre es to sloughing of the subcutaneous ti ues. Barlow's d., infantile scurvy. See scurry. barometer-makers’ d., chronic mercurial poisoning in makers of barometers, due to the inhalation of the fumes of mercury. Basedow’s d., exophthalmic goiter. See xoifer. Bateman’s d., molluscum contagiosum. Bayle’s d., progre ive general paraly sis of the insane. Bazin d., buccal psoriasis. Beard's d., neurasthenia. Beau's d., cardiac insufficiency. Beauvais’ @., chronic articular rheumatism. Bechterew’s d., spondylitis deformans. Begbie’s ἃ. ι. Graves’ disease. 2. Bergeron’s disease. Beigel's d. 1. Hysteric chorea. 42. Trichorrhexis nodosa.